2019 Qatari municipal elections
Municipal elections to the Central Municipal Council (CMC) in Qatar were held for the sixth time on 16 April 2019. The official number of people who voted is 13,334, about 1/13th of the Qatari population, and nine percent lower than in 2015.


2019 Qatari municipal elections, Results
Several "young, relatively unknown" candidates were elected in the place of several well-known establishment candidates.


2019 Qatari municipal elections, Analysis
A Qatar University pre-election opinion poll found that the most likely reasons for Qataris not intending to vote for the CMC were a lack of time, the CMC's lack of real political power, and the lack of an acceptable candidate.


2019 Quaker State 400
The 2019 Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 13, 2019 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky. Contested over 269 laps—extended from 267 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the 19th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.


2019 Quaker State 400, Report, Background
The sixth running of the Quaker State 400 was held in Sparta, Kentucky at Kentucky Speedway on July 9, 2016. The track is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc.. Kentucky Speedway, which has also hosted the ARCA Racing Series, NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the Indy Racing League, has a grandstand seating capacity of 107,000.


2019 Quaker State 400, Practice, First practice
Kurt Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.389 seconds and a speed of 183.742 mph (295.704 km/h).


2019 Quaker State 400, Practice, Final practice
Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.621 seconds and a speed of 182.303 mph (293.388 km/h).


2019 Quaker State 400, Qualifying
Daniel Suárez scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.254 and a speed of 184.590 mph (297.069 km/h).


2019 Quaker State 400, Media, Television
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.


2019 Quaker State 400, Media, Radio
PRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the action from the booth when the field raced down the front straightaway. Doug Turnbull called the action from turns 1 & 2 and Pat Patterson called the action from turns 3 & 4. Brad Gillie, Wendy Venturini, Steve Richards, and Brett McMillan called the duties on pit lane.


2019 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2019 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts,  the provincial women's curling championship of Quebec, was held from January 13 to 20 at the Arèna de Grand-Mère in Grand-Mère, Quebec. The winning team, Team Lavoie, represented Quebec at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, finishing 8th in their 8-team pool.


2019 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The event was held in conjunction with the 2019 WFG Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship.


2019 Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick floods
The 2019 spring floods in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick were exceptional floods in eastern Ontario, southern Quebec and from the St.John River region to New Brunswick, Canada. In fact, flooding along the Ottawa River has been recognized as the most important weather event of the year 2019 in Canada, and the one along the Saint John River as the ninth, by Environment and Climate Change Canada. The flooding caused by the rapid spring snow melt, coupled with frozen ground, and several heavy rain events that resulted in abnormally high cumulative rainfall for April and May.


2019 Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick floods
In Quebec, 6681 residences of 51 municipalities were flooded in five main zones, including the greater Montreal area, and 3458 residences were isolated due to landslides and submerged roads resulting in over 13500 disaster victims.


2019 Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick floods
In New Brunswick, 15 communities were affected and 69 roads and 45 bridges were closed or partially closed.


2019 Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick floods
With the experience gained during the 2017 Quebec floods, the Canadian Armed Forces were called early on to support local authorities and volunteers in the regions as soon as the rivers showed signs of potential flooding and weather forecasts showed a heightened risk. More than 2200 Canadian soldiers were deployed in the three provinces to assist residents.


2019 Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick floods, Meteorological conditions
During the spring thaw, runoff from snow melt flows into rivers, causing localized overflows each year in many parts of the three provinces. The winter of 2018-2019 was particularly cold and snowy, the thick snowpack remained for an extended period into may while temperatures remained colder than average.


2019 Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick floods, Meteorological conditions
In addition, late snowfall and "freezing rain" affected the area in early April, leaving more than 20 cm of snow everywhere and up to 20mm of ice on the Ottawa River and Montreal


2019 Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick floods, Meteorological conditions
In the second half of the month, several depressions left significant accumulations of rain and then temperatures began to rise abruptly. This has had the effect of accelerating snowmelt and surface runoff. On April 28, many rivers reached and exceeded the flood threshold that was seen in the previous flood in 2017.


2019 Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick floods, Meteorological conditions
After a lull in the first 8 days of May, which reduced river levels, a large meteorological depression deposited 30mm to 50mm of within 3 days. Most of the reservoirs in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region were already nearing capacity, and could not hold anymore surplus and the excess water flowed into the Ottawa River and the St.Lawrence River between Mattawa and Gatineau, water levels were expected to rise in the following days to record values


2019 Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick floods, Meteorological conditions
Over the following month, the levels in streams began to decline as less precipitation fell and the remaining snow cover was almost all melted away in northern areas and nonexistent in the south. The floods gradually subsided: first in New Brunswick, then in Ontario and Quebec. By the end of June, almost all areas were no longer flooded.


2019 Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick floods, Operation LENTUS
When the government of Quebec and New Brunswick requested the deployment of the Canadian Armed Forces, approximately 1000 soldiers were first assigned to this task.


2019 Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick floods, Operation LENTUS
The number of deployed quickly rose to more than 2200 after additional assistance in Ontario as well as the added rainfall in late April that continued to raise water levels. The mission, known as  Operation LENTUS , included more military personnel deployed to flood-affected areas in Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick, than there were on all previous missions in Canada.


2019 Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick floods, Operation LENTUS
As of May 3, approximately  1000 personnel from the Joint Task Force Central (JTFC) of the Canadian Joint Operations Command were present at Ottawa, Constance Bay, Wilola, Clarence-Rockland, Cumberland and Grand View in Ontario. In Quebec, the number of deployed was 1050 from Joint Task Force East (JTFE) and deployed throughout the province. Among them, nearly 400 Reservists and Seamen from HMCS Donnacona, HMCS Jolliet, HMCS Montcalm, HMCS Iberville, HMCS Radisson and HMCS Champlain. The 438th Tactical Helicopter Squadron provided air support. At the same time in New Brunswick, nearly 200 soldiers from Joint Task Force Atlantic (JTFA) were taking part in the operation and the 403rd Helicopter Operational Training Squadron was providing air support  .


2019 Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick floods, Operation LENTUS
The Canadian Armed Forces officially ended the operation on June 6.


2019 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on 10 June 2019 by the Governor-General, Sir Peter Cosgrove. The Birthday Honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June.


2019 Queen's Club Championships
The 2019 Queen's Club Championships (also known as the Fever-Tree Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 117th edition of the event and part of the ATP Tour 500 series of the 2019 ATP Tour. It took place at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom from 17 to 23 June.


2019 Queen's Club Championships, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Queen's Club Championships – Doubles
Henri Kontinen and John Peers were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Feliciano López and Andy Murray.


2019 Queen's Club Championships – Doubles
López and Murray went on to win the title, defeating Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury in the final, 7–6(8–6), 5–7, [10–5]. It was Murray's first doubles title and sixth overall title at the Queen's Club, an all-time record. López became the first player to complete a sweep of both singles and doubles titles at the tournament since Mark Philippoussis in 1997.


2019 Queen's Club Championships – Singles
Marin Čilić was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Diego Schwartzman.


2019 Queen's Club Championships – Singles
Feliciano López won the title for the second time in three years, defeating Gilles Simon in the final, 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2).


2019 Queen's Club Championships – Wheelchair Singles
Stefan Olsson was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Gordon Reid.


2019 Queen's Club Championships – Wheelchair Singles
Alfie Hewett won the title, defeating Reid in the final, 6–2, 7–5.


2019 Queens County District Attorney election
The 2019 Queens County District Attorney election was held on November 5, 2019, to elect the Queens County District Attorney. The incumbent, Richard Brown, had announced in January 2019 that he would not seek an eighth term; Brown then died in office that May at the age of 86.


2019 Queens County District Attorney election
The Democratic primary election was held on June 25, 2019. Tiffany Cabán, a public defender and first-time candidate, led Queens borough president Melinda Katz and four other candidates after in-person votes were counted. However, on July 5, 2019, election officials said Katz pulled ahead in the final count, triggering a recount. Following the recount, Katz was declared the winner on July 29 by 60 votes.


2019 Queens County District Attorney election, Democratic primary, Results
As of 11:30 pm, June 25, 2019, Tiffany Cabán held a 1.3% lead over Melinda Katz, with 99.5% of the precincts reporting. Katz promised a recount. After absentee and provisional ballots were counted, the lead had switched to Katz 34,898 votes to Cabán's 34,878, pending another recount and challenge of provisional votes promised by Cabán's campaign. Following the recount, Katz was declared the winner by 60 votes on July 29.


2019 Queens County District Attorney election, Republican primary
Kogan accepted a nomination to become a judge, and stepped aside. The Republican party replaced him as their candidate for district attorney with Joe Murray in August 2019.


2019 Queensland Basketball League men's regular season
The 2019 QBL season was the 34th and last season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 30 teams contested the league. The regular season was played between 6 April and 3 August 2019, and the schedule was announced on 22 February 2019.


2019 Queensland Basketball League season
The 2019 QBL season was the 34th and last season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 30 teams contested the league (15 men and 15 women teams). The regular season was played between 6 April and 3 August 2019, followed by a post-season involving the top eight of each gender in August 2019. The schedule was announced on 22 February 2019. The Brisbane Capitals won their second men's QBL title, whilst the Southern Districts Spartans successfully defended their women's QBL title. The Gold Coast Rollers reached both grand finals, however were unable to win either.


2019 Queensland Basketball League season
It was announced on October 30 that the 2019 QBL season was the last QBL season to be played, with the league merging with NBL1 for the 2020 season.


2019 Queensland Basketball League season, Finals Series
The 2019 Queensland Basketball League Finals were played between 10 and 31 August 2019, consisting of two best-of-three semi-final and final series, where the higher seed hosted the first and third games. The Brisbane Capitals won the men's finals, and the Southern Districts Spartans won the women's finals.


2019 Queensland Basketball League women's regular season
The 2019 Queensland Basketball League season was the 34th and last season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 30 teams contested the league. The regular season was played between 6 April and 3 August 2019, and the schedule was announced on 22 February 2019.


2019 Queensland Cup
The 2019 Queensland Cup season was the 24th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Intrust Super Cup due to sponsorship from Intrust Super, featured 14 teams playing a 27-week long season (including finals) from March to September.


2019 Queensland Cup
The Burleigh Bears won their fourth premiership after defeating the Wynnum Manly Seagulls 28–10 in the Grand Final at Dolphin Stadium. Burleigh halfback Jamal Fogarty was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Petero Civoniceva Medal.


2019 Queensland Cup, Teams
In 2019, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the fifth consecutive year.


2019 Queensland Cup, Final series
For the first time in competition history, the Queensland Cup used an eight-team finals series in 2019, the same format used in the NRL.


2019 Queensland Cup, Grand Final
Wynnum Manly finished the regular season in second and were defeated by third-placed Burleigh in the second qualifying final. They then eliminated defending premiers Dolphins in the semi final and travelled to Townsville, where they defeated the Blackhawks in the preliminary final to qualify for their third Grand Final. After defeating Wynnum Manly in the qualifying final, Burleigh earned a week off and faced minor premiers the Sunshine Coast, who they beat 20–6 to qualify for their sixth Grand Final.


2019 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, First half
Burleigh got the scoring underway in the Grand Final, kicking a penalty goal in the 14th minute. They scored the first try of the game six minutes later when winger Tyronne Roberts-Davis scored in the left corner untouched. Another try in the 30th minute extended their lead to 12 after Jamal Fogarty grubbered through the line and regathered, finding Kurtis Rowe in support, who scored next to the posts. Wynnum Manly finally got on the scoreboard in the 34th minute, when halfback Sam Scarlett dived on his own kick after a Burleigh error in the in-goal.


2019 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, Second half
Wynnum opened the second half strongly, with a try to winger Edward Burns from a Patrick Templeman kick, bringing them within two points of Burleigh. The Bears hit back shortly after, when Rowe caught a bouncing Dylan Phythian kick to score his second try of the game. In the 67th minute, hooker Pat Politoni extended Burleigh's lead to 12 when he darted over from dummy half to score. Burleigh sealed the victory, and their fourth premiership, when Fogarty picked up a Seagulls' kick and ran 90 metres untouched to score under the posts. Kurtis Rowe was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal for man of the match for his two-try effort.


2019 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, NRL State Championship
After winning the Grand Final, the Burleigh Bears qualified for the NRL State Championship on NRL Grand Final day. They were defeated by the Newtown Jets, the New South Wales Cup premiers, 16–20.


2019 Queensland Cup, Player statistics
The following statistics are as of the conclusion of the season (including finals).


2019 Queensland Cup results
The 2019 Queensland Cup was the 24th season of the professional rugby league competition in Queensland, Australia. It was known by the sponsorship name, Intrust Super Cup.


2019 Queensland Cup results, Regular season
All times are in AEST (UTC+10:00) and AEDT (UTC+11:00) on the relevant dates.


2019 Queensland Handball League
The 2019 Queensland Handball League was a Brisbane based championship for Handball.


2019 Queensland Handball League
The University Competition is the only competition currently finished. This was played during the National Championships on the Gold Coast. The University of Queensland won over University of the Sunshine Coast. Bond University was third.


2019 Queensland Handball League
The school tournament was played in October. The Senior Boys division was won by Cavendish Road State High School. Junior boys was won by Redlands College. The Junior & Senior girls tournament was merged. The winner was Brisbane State High School.


2019 Queensland Handball League, Queensland All Schools Championship, Senior Boys
1. Cavendish Road State High School2. Redeemer Lutheran College3. Brisbane State High 14. Brisbane State High 2


2019 Queensland Handball League, Queensland All Schools Championship, Junior Boys
1. Redlands College2. Brisbane State High School3. Cavendish Road State High School


2019 Queensland Handball League, Queensland All Schools Championship, Senior Girls
1. Brisbane State High School2. United Brisbane Schools3. Cavendish Road State High School


2019 Quetta bombing
The 2019 Quetta bombing was a suicide bomb attack on an open marketplace in Quetta, Pakistan on 12 April, killing 21 people. The bombing took place near an area where many minority Shiite Muslims live. At least ten Hazara, including nine Shiites, were among the dead. Two paramilitary soldiers were also killed in the bombing. PM Imran Khan expressed condolences for the lives lost, directed the authorities to ensure the best medical treatment for the injured, and ordered an increase in security for Shiites and Hazara people. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and ISIL later accepted responsibility for the attack, stating that "their target were Hazara people."


2019 Quetta bombing, Background
Hazaras have been frequently targeted by Taliban and Islamic State militants and other Sunni Muslim militant groups in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. They have been heavily targeted in Afghanistan in attacks claimed by an affiliate of the Islamic State. 509 Hazara people has been killed in terror related incidents in the last 5 years alone in Quetta. Most of them have been killed in targeted killings, mass shootings, and suicide attacks. Sunni extremist groups consider Hazara people to be kafirs, as they are predominantly Shia.


2019 Quetta bombing, Blast
A suicide attack was carried out in the late afternoon of 12 April 2019 by the Sunni militant at a potato stall in a crowded Hazarganji vegetable market. One survivor reported the blast being so powerful that the air was filled with black smoke and people were unable to hear each other. 20 people including one paramilitary soldier were killed, as well as the perpetrator. On 16 April, one more paramilitary soldier died of his injuries.


2019 Quetta bombing, Responsibility
Initially, no group claimed responsibility for the blast. After some hours, the leader of Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the attack and issued a warning that more attacks were planned. A spokesperson of the group, Qari Saifullah, told CNN "We claim responsibility for the attack in Quetta, we targeted the Hazara community." The same group had previously carried out attacks against Hazara minorities.


2019 Quetta bombing, Responsibility
ISIL also claimed the responsibility of this attack, releasing a photograph of the bomber along with his name. Various Sunni militant groups in Pakistan, including  Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, have been backed by ISIL for several years.


2019 Quetta bombing, Reaction
Pakistan's ruling Government PTI condemned the attack and wrote on Twitter: "We strongly condemn the terrorist attack in #Quetta that resulted in the loss of innocent lives. Prayers for the injured and for the precious lives lost in this heinous attack. Condolences to the families who lost their loved ones.


2019 Quetta bombing, Reaction
Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's restive southwestern province of Balochistan, is often targeted by militants, although this was the first such attack this year. "We will not bow before terrorists," Balochistan's chief minister, Jam Kamal Khan, said in a statement shortly after the bombing.


2019 Quetta bombing, Reaction
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan echoed the condemnation. In a tweet, he wrote: "Deeply saddened & have strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Hazarganji market area of Quetta targeting our innocent people. I have asked for an immediate inquiry & increased security for the (people). Prayers go to the families of the victims & for early recovery of the injured."


2019 Quetta bombing, Reaction
Minister of state of Interior Shehryar Khan Afridi condemn the attack and wrote on Twitter," A coward attempt to hit the civilians in Quetta. Heartbreaking  to see the loss of civilians life. Security forces are collecting evidence for further investigation. #QuettaBlast." He visited the victims in Quetta on 15 April, "With Heavy heart met the elders of Hazara Community. Certainly your loss can never be recovered but we can set foundations of better tomorrow Let these sacrifices help us make a safer Balochistan & beter(Better) Pakistan. I am indebted that even in sorrow u heard me.


2019 Quetta bombing, Reaction
I wil(will) stand by my words." After 4 days of sit-in, protesters ended the protest after the successful talks, he wrote on Twitter,"Our Hazara Community calls off to sit in; reflecting the tradition of high values & trust they have on the state Pak. Thanking  Prov & Federal Govt for sharing their pain. I am indebted to respect bestowed by community elders for ending sit in. Thankful to CM Balochistan & @sayedzbukhari."


2019 Quetta bombing, Reaction
Opposition Party, Pakistan Peoples Party's leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari condemned the attack. In a tweet, he wrote: "Condemn the terrorist attack in #Quetta. The government must stop dragging its feet & take action to counter violent extremism. Thoughts and prayers with the families of the victims."


2019 Quetta bombing, Reaction
People of Pakistan strongly condemned this attack, alongside Pakistani journalists, anchors, TV and political personalities.


2019 Quetta bombing, Reaction
Though, no one from the ex-ruling Pmln party condemns the attack significantly, let alone Ahsan Iqbal and Maryam Aurangzeb. Ahsan Iqbal wrote in the tweet, "Extremely saddened to hear Quetta blast news. Strongly condemn this attack. Govt must ensure those behind this attack are brought to justice. Prayers for the departed souls"


2019 Quetta bombing, Reaction
Thomas Drew CMG is a British diplomat who is High Commissioner to Pakistan, condemn the attack, he wrote in a tweet, "Horrific attack this morning in #Quetta. My thoughts, on behalf of Pakistan’s many British friends, are with the victims, their families and friends."


2019 Quetta bombing, Reaction
Quetta's official PSL team condemn the attack, wrote on Twitter, "We stand united against the coward attack on our beloved city. Stay strong Quetta #QuettaGladiators #QuettaAttack #WeStandUnited."


2019 Quetta bombing, Reaction
Pakistan Foreign Minister condemned the attack, wrote a tweet, "A very sad day in Pakistan as Balochistan is hit by two bomb blasts in Quetta and Chaman but our resolve to continue fighting terrorism in all its forms remains unshaken. My thoughts and prayers with those who lost their lives and loved ones in these heinous attacks." Turkey's foreign minister also condemned the attack, wrote on Twitter,"Terrible news from #Pakistan. We mourn with our Pakistani brothers and sisters for the attack in Quetta. Terrorism is a monster to be defeated. Heartfelt condolences @SMQureshiPTI."


2019 Quetta bombing, Reaction
“We received the news with deep sorrow that a bomb blast which took place at a marketplace today in Quetta, capital of the Balochistan province of Pakistan, resulted in many loss of lives and left many others wounded, We condemn this heinous terrorist attack and wish Allah's mercy upon those who lost their lives, a speedy recovery to the wounded, and convey our condolences to the Government and brotherly people of Pakistan,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in the statement.


2019 Quetta bombing, Reaction
In a statement, the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Pakistan said Saudi Arabia stood with Pakistan against all forms of violence, terrorism and extremism. “Saudi Arabia also shares grief with the government and people of Pakistan and prays for early recovery of those injured in the incident,” the statement added.


2019 Quetta bombing, Aftermath, Protests
The Hazara people protested regarding the perceived lack of security for them, claiming that "the Hazara community was being targeted but they weren’t provided effective security." Provincial Home Minister Zia Lango visited the site but dialogue with the Hazara community failed once again on security purposes. Hazaras demanded security from Prime Minister Imran Khan. Shortly after the bombing struck near a Shiite residential area, dozens of angry Shiite youths rallied in Quetta, demanding more security from the authorities and the arrest of those behind the attacks. They also denounced the violence by Sunni extremists who have killed hundreds in similar attacks over the past years in Balochistan province. "It seems people from the (Shiite) Hazara community were the target," said senior police chief Abdur Razzaq Cheema.


2019 Quetta bombing, Aftermath, Protests
Members of the Hazara community staged a sit-in at Quetta's Western Bypass for over 23 hours, demanded better security measures following the blast. Women and children are among those who staged a sit-in since shortly after the blast. The protesters demanded that the government implements an effective security plan and ensure the protection of the Hazara community. Pakistani Shiite youth from Hazara community burn tires to block the main road during a protest to condemn the attack.


2019 Quetta bombing, Aftermath, Protests
Hazara protesters refuse to end the Quetta sit-in even after the third day, with protesters continuing to block the western bypass. Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Syed Ali Haider Zaidi arrived in the provincial capital and met the affected families on the behalf of Prime Minister Imran Khan, stating "Federal government claimed full responsibility of protecting its citizens regardless of their caste, creed, religion or province and Government is taking strict action and seriously pursuing the investigations into the suicide attack." However, the protesters refused to call off their sit-in, demanded the attendance of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the capture of people behind the suicide attack and security of Hazara people.


2019 Quetta bombing, Aftermath, Protests
Representing the protesters, advocate Tahir Hazara expressed dismay over the federal government's attitude and regretted that Prime Minister Imran Khan had no time to visit Quetta after the tragic incident. However, he stated no one was safe in Quetta, saying that along with ordinary people, security personnel too had been martyred, adding that it raised questions over the capabilities of the government. He said the state must act without further delay because the people were tired of lifting the coffins of their loved ones.


2019 Quetta bombing, Aftermath, Protests
Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) president Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal visited the protest camp of the Hazara community and expressed solidarity with the protestors. A large number of people also staged a protest demonstration outside the Quetta Press Club after marching on main roads, protests erupted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Punjab too.


2019 Quetta bombing, Aftermath, Protests
After 4 days, the Hazara community ends sit-in after receiving assurances from state minister, Balochistan CM. However, protesters still demanded Imran Khan to visit them, "Prime Minister Imran Khan should come and console us," Muhammad Raza, another participant of the sit-in, had said. "This time the government should go beyond words and do something practical for our protection."


2019 Quetta bombing, Aftermath, Protests
Minister of state of Interior Shehryar Khan Afridi had visited the Imam Bargah located in Hazara town to condole with the bereaved family members, speaking to the media, Afridi said "The federal government will play its role in making sure that these heinous crimes end, I stand  with the community and I assure you that the government has been working to ensure that such crimes end. That is why this was the first such incident to occur over the span of nine months," "we won't let anyone divide Pakistan", he added.


2019 Quetta bombing, Aftermath, Protests
On 16 April, both President Arif Alvi and the opposition party's leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari visited Quetta to offer condolences to Hazara community, President Arif Alvi showed solidarity to families and said "The entire nation stands by the Hazara community in this hour of grief," acknowledged it was the responsibility of the state to protect the people and said "Nation stands united. "Earlier, talking to media persons in Quetta, the president had reaffirmed the government's commitment towards the implementation of the National Action Plan and  commended CM Balochistan's commitment of announcing a compensation package for the victims.


2019 Quetta bombing, Aftermath, Protests
Meanwhile, Opposition Leader Bilawal Zardari condemns the government and point out their duel standards, he said, "On one hand they say the government is standing with the victims of the incident, and on the other a video exists where a federal minister is seen giving assurances to murderers and saying that no one will be able to touch them, Till when will have these dual standards, till when will this terrorism continue, victims need to be mainstreamed not terrorists."


2019 Quetta bombing, Aftermath, Protests
He showed condolence to the victims and also praised the army for eliminating the terrorists in recent years but he also provoked the emotional sentiments, stated, “No one can fight extremism alone, but we have to decide for the future. We need to fight this extremist mindset. When we ask for justice, we are called an enemy of the state. When I speak against banned organisations, I’m branded an enemy of the state." he referred to his recent controversy where he was accused of using the Indian Sentiments against Pakistan's Government of not taking strict action against terrorist's organisations.


2019 Quetta bombing, Aftermath, Protests
Arif Alvi also promised that Imran Khan will visit Balochistan on April 18. Khan will visit the victims in Quetta, he is scheduled to preside over an important meeting to analyse peace and security situation in Balochistan. The development came after the Hazara community sit-in protest entered the fourth day on Sunday while demanding arrest of the culprits involved in the attack. Besides, the premier will also examine certain development projects undertaken by the provincial government. PM Khan is scheduled to inaugurate a housing scheme under which 125,000 houses will be built for families living in Balochistan.


2019 Quetta bombing, Aftermath, Protests
Later, Imran Khan postponed his visit to Quetta. On 21 April 2019, Prime Minister Imran Khan visited Quetta and met the families of those martyred in the Hazarganji market terrorist attack. Fatiha was "offered for the martyrs of the recent blast. Prime Minister listened to the issues of Hazara brethren and assured state will ensure their protection". After the meeting, the premier laid the foundation stone of a housing project under Naya Pakistan Housing Programme, he inaugurated 135,000 housing units to be built across the country in the first phase. 25,000 apartments to be built in Islamabad for federal government employees and 110,000 apartments to be constructed in Balochistan for fishermen of Gwadar.


2019 Quetta bombing, Aftermath, CCTV
Following the blast, a high-level meeting took place under Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal's stewardship to review and reinforce security measures. It was decided in the meeting that the affected families will be given immediate financial assistance and that the provincial government will bear the treatment cost of those injured. Furthermore, it was decided that closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras will be immediately installed at the Hazarganji market and other public places. Action on terrorists' hideouts and against their leaders will also be boosted, the caucus affirmed.


2019 Quetta bombing, Aftermath, Security of Hazara people
Qadir Nayil, a Hazara community leader, asked the government for the provision of better protection. "Once again our people were the target and once again we will have to bury our dear ones," he said. "We demand more security from the government and all those involved in today's act of terrorism should be found and punished." Prime Minister Imran Khan has issued  a statement regarding the attack, told to increase the security of Hazara people.


2019 Quetta bombing, Aftermath, Operation Radd ul fasaad
After the blast, Pakistan Armed forces fastened the Operation to arrest the people behind the attack, terrorists and suspects connecting to them. At least 7 were arrested in Thatta. 28 including one policeman arrested for facilitating the terrorists in different parts of Karachi. High-level Operation started in Peshawar in which till April 16, one policeman and five terrorists were killed, the operation goes on.


2019 Quetzaltenango mayoral election
The 2019 Quetzaltenango mayoral election were held on 16 June 2019.


2019 Quetzaltenango mayoral election
The elections were held next to the presidential, legislative, municipal and Central American Parliament elections. Twenty candidates were presented.


2019 Quetzaltenango mayoral election
The previous mayor, Luis Grijalva Minera, did not run for re-election due to possible cases of corruption, as well as ideological discrepancies with the party that postulated him.


2019 Quezon City local elections
Local elections were held in Quezon City on May 13, 2019 within the Philippine general election. Registered voters of the city elected candidates for the following elective local posts: mayor, vice mayor, district representative, and six councilors at-large for each district. There are six legislative districts in the city.


2019 Quezon City local elections, Electoral system, For mayor, vice mayor and representatives
The winner is elected via the first-past-the-post system. The mayor and vice mayor are elected separately, and are elected at-large. Representatives are elected from each of Quezon City's 6 congressional districts.


2019 Quezon City local elections, Electoral system, For councilors
The winners are elected via multiple non-transferable vote in each of Quezon City's 6 city council districts (coextensive with the congressional districts). A voter has six votes, and can vote up to six people. The six candidates with the highest number of votes in each district wins.


2019 Quezon local elections
Local elections was held in the Province of Quezon on May 13, 2019 as part of the 2019 general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for the four districts of Quezon.


2019 Quezon local elections, Provincial elections
The candidates for governor and vice governor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected. Governor David C. Suarez is term-limited and will be running as congressman. He later left the National Unity Party and assumed chairmanship for the Nacionalistas in the province. The Nacionalista Party and Lakas–CMD is in coalition this elections to support Minority Floor Leader and 3rd District Congressman Danilo Suarez for governor and the incumbent Samuel Nantes for vice governor.


2019 Quezon local elections, Provincial elections
The Nacionalista Party is currently the largest political party in the province, with incumbents as its members. PDP–Laban will support 2nd District Congressman Vicente Alcala for governor and his candidates. Congressman Alcala is supported by his ally, PDP–Laban local president, Vitaliano Aguirre II. The former Justice secretary is also a political nemesis of the Suarezes in Bondoc Peninsula. The Liberal Party and Aksyon Demokratiko will support Alcala for governor, despite leaning to the opposition. The  Nationalist People's Coalition will not support any candidate for governor as most members are split with their alliances.


2019 Quezon local elections, Congressional elections, 1st District
Incumbent Representative Katrina Enverga was withdrew her candidacy in favor to her brother former Representative Mark Enverga.


2019 Quezon local elections, Congressional elections, 2nd District
Incumbent Representative Vicente Alcala is running for Governor, his party (PDP–Laban) nominates his brother former Representative Proceso Alcala, his opponent is outgoing Governor David Suarez.


2019 Quezon local elections, Congressional elections, 3rd District
Incumbent Representative Danilo Suarez is running for Governor, his wife Aleta, is his party nominee. Rodolfo "Rudy" Aguirre of PDP–Laban, the brother of former Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre withdrews.


2019 Quezon local elections, Lucena City local elections
This refers to the candidates and winners of the 2016 election in the highly urbanized city of Lucena, independent from the province.


2019 Quezon local elections, Lucena City local elections, Mayoralty elections
Mayor Roderick Alcala and Vice Mayor Philip Castillo are the incumbents.


2019 Quezon local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Candidates for Mayor, Panukulan
Amado Peñamora is the incumbent, but not running for mayor.


2019 Quezon local elections, City and municipal elections, 3rd District, Candidates for Mayor, General Luna
Stevenson Sangalang is the incumbent, but running for vice mayor.


2019 Quick Lane Bowl
The 2019 Quick Lane Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 26, 2019, with kickoff at 8:00 p.m. EST on ESPN. It was the 6th edition of the Quick Lane Bowl, and was one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season.


2019 Quick Lane Bowl, Teams
The game featured the Pittsburgh Panthers from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) playing against the Eastern Michigan Eagles from the Mid-American Conference (MAC). It was the third meeting between Eastern Michigan and Pittsburgh; the Panthers had won both of their prior meetings.


2019 Quick Lane Bowl, Teams, Pittsburgh Panthers
Pittsburgh entered the bowl with a 7–5 record (4–4 in conference). The Panthers finished in three-way tie for third place in the Coastal Division of the ACC.


2019 Quick Lane Bowl, Teams, Eastern Michigan Eagles
Eastern Michigan entered the game at 6–6 (3–5 in conference). The Eagles finished tied with Toledo for fifth place in the West Division of the MAC.


2019 RAN Sevens
The 2019 RAN Sevens  was the 20th edition of the annual rugby sevens tournament organized by Rugby Americas North. It was played at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in George Town, Cayman Islands, with the winner eligible for the 2020 Summer Olympics, and the next two teams qualified for a 2020 repechage tournament. With Canada already a core team in the World Rugby Sevens Series, the top team among the remainder was eligible for the 2020 Hong Kong Sevens qualifying tournament.


2019 RAN Women's Sevens
The 2019 RAN Women's Sevens was the 15th edition of the annual rugby sevens tournament organized by Rugby Americas North. It was played at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in George Town, Cayman Islands. Six national teams played a round robin. With Canada and the United States already eligible for the 2020 Summer Olympics by way of the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, the top two finishing teams of the tournament are eligible for a 2020 repechage tournament.


2019 RBC Pro Challenge
The 2019 RBC Pro Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Tyler, Texas, United States between 28 October and 3 November 2019.


2019 RBC Pro Challenge, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 RBC Pro Challenge – Doubles
Nicole Gibbs and Asia Muhammad were the defending champions, but chose not to participate.


2019 RBC Pro Challenge – Doubles
Beatrice Gumulya and Jessy Rompies won the title, defeating Hsu Chieh-yu and Marcela Zacarías in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2019 RBC Pro Challenge – Singles
Whitney Osuigwe was the defending champion, but lost to Danielle Lao in the quarterfinals.


2019 RBC Pro Challenge – Singles
Mandy Minella won the title, defeating Alexa Glatch in the final, 6–4 6–4.


2019 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas
The 2019 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament and part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Dallas, United States between 4 and 10 February 2019.


2019 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using their ITF World Tennis Ranking:


2019 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Doubles
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Christopher Rungkat were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2019 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Doubles
Marcos Giron and Dennis Novikov won the title after defeating Ante Pavić and Ruan Roelofse 6–4, 7–6(7–3) in the final.


2019 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Singles
Kei Nishikori was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2019 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Singles
Mitchell Krueger won the title after defeating Mackenzie McDonald 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–1 in the final.


2019 REV Group Grand Prix at Road America
The 2019 REV Group Grand Prix at Road America was an IndyCar Series event held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The race served as the 10th round of the 2019 IndyCar Series season. Colton Herta became the youngest ever driver to win an IndyCar pole. Alexander Rossi took the lead in the first two corners and proceeded to dominate the race, leading all but one lap and winning by over 28 seconds in the caution-free race.


2019 REV Group Grand Prix at Road America, Results, Race
Notes: Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.


2019 RFL 1895 Cup
The 2019 RFL 1895 Cup, known as the 2019 AB Sundecks 1895 Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the inaugural tournament for the RFL 1895 Cup, a rugby league football competition for clubs in the United Kingdom. The tournament was played between League 1 and Championship teams  between May and August 2019. The format of the tournament was confirmed in December 2018, and consisted of five rounds. In round 1 eight League 1 teams played in a knock out round. Round 2 introduced the 12 English teams from the Championship who with the winners from round 1 will play eight ties. The quarter-finals and semi-finals followed in June and July, with the final played at Wembley Stadium on 24 August, with the Challenge Cup final also being played on this day.


2019 RFL 1895 Cup
The competition commenced in May without sponsorship but in June it was announced that the cup would be sponsored by AB Sundecks, owned by former Leigh Centurions chairman Derek Beaumont.


2019 RFL 1895 Cup, Teams
The teams participating in the inaugural 1895 Cup are as follows:


2019 RFL 1895 Cup, Teams, League 1
As some of the games in the later stages were scheduled for midweek, Coventry Bears, London Skolars and North Wales Crusaders decided against entering the competition for logistical reasons.


2019 RFL 1895 Cup, Teams, Championship
Toulouse Olympique and Toronto Wolfpack were ineligible to enter the competition as the clubs are not full members of the Rugby Football League.


2019 RFL 1895 Cup, First round
The first round ties were played on 4–5 May. The draw was made at Odsal Stadium on 12 March immediately after the draw for the fourth round of the Challenge Cup. The tie between Hunslet and Workington was streamed live on the RFL's OurLeague app.


2019 RFL 1895 Cup, Second round
The second round was played between 2–5 June. The draw was made on 5 May.


2019 RFL 1895 Cup, Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals were played during the week starting June 24.


2019 RFL 1895 Cup, Final
The final was played at Wembley Stadium on 24 August. Sheffield Eagles beat Widnes Vikings 36–18 after being 12–18 down at half-time. The inaugural winner of the Ray French Award was Sheffield's Anthony Thackeray.


2019 RFL Championship
The 2019 Rugby Football League Championship was a rugby league football competition played primarily in England but including teams from Canada and France. It is the second tier of the three tiers of professional rugby league in England, below Super League and above League 1. Following rule changes agreed at the end of the 2018 season, the Super 8's format has been abandoned and the Championship will feature a play-off system leading to promotion to Super League for one club while results during the regular season will lead to relegation to League 1 for two teams.


2019 RFL Championship
The 2019 Championship comprised 14 teams, which all played one another twice in the regular season, once at home and once away, totalling 26 games. The 2019 season also featured the "Summer Bash Weekend" for a fifth time so the regular season comprised 27 games for each team.


2019 RFL Championship
The Championship Grand Final was won by Toronto Wolfpack, who by beating Featherstone Rovers 24–6 also won promotion to Super League for the first time in the club's history, ahead of 2020 season. Toronto also won the League Leaders Shield, after finishing top of the league and completing a 100% home record, and only losing 1 game all season.


2019 RFL Championship
Betfred remain the sponsors of the Championship. The season started on 3 February 2019.


2019 RFL Championship, Teams
The Championship is made up of 14 teams, 11 of whom featured in the 2018 Championship; one, Widnes Vikings, who were relegated from Super League; and two, Bradford Bulls and York City Knights, who won promotion from League 1 in 2018.


2019 RFL Championship, Final standings
Final standings at the end of regular season on 8 September 2019


2019 RFL Championship, Play-offs
At the end of the 27 game regular season, the top five teams enter a four-round play-off. The winners of the play-off final will earn promotion to Super League for 2020.


2019 RFL Championship, End-of-season awards
The end of season awards ceremony was held on 24 September 2019 when the following awards were made:


2019 RFL Championship season results
This is a list of the 2019 RFL Championship season results. The Championship is the second-tier rugby league competition in the United Kingdom. The season is scheduled to begin on February 3.


2019 RFL Championship season results
The regular season will be played over 27 round-robin fixtures, where each of the fourteen teams involved in the competition play each other, once at home and once away. Teams will also play one extra match on the Summer Bash Weekend.


2019 RFL Championship season results
The play-offs will commence after the round-robin fixtures. The top 5 teams will play against each other to determine who get promoted. In the first round of the play-offs 4th place will verse 5th in a elimination final while 2nd place will verse 3rd place in a qualifying final. The second round of the play-offs will then have the winner of the elimination final verse the loser of the qualifying final and 1st place verse the winner of the qualifying final in a match that will give the winning team a spot in the championship play-off. Round three then has the winner of the 1st semi-final versus the loser of the 2nd semi-final as a preliminary play-off. Then comes the championship play-off where the winner of the 2nd semi-final versus the winner of the preliminary final.


2019 RFL Championship season results, Regular season
All times are UK local time (UTC or UTC+1) on the relevant dates.


2019 RFL League 1
The 2019 RFL League 1 was a professional rugby league football competition played in England and Wales and is the third tier of the sport for Rugby Football League (RFL) affiliated clubs. The sponsors for the league are the bookmakers, Betfred and the league will continue to be known as the Betfred League 1.


2019 RFL League 1
The league was restructured following a meeting on the RFL clubs in 2018 and League 1 was reduced in size from 14 clubs in 2018 to 12 clubs for 2019. However on 23 October 2018, Hemel Stags announced that the club was withdrawing from the league for 2019 reducing the number of teams to 11; the RFL indicated that no replacement team is to be sought. The season will consist of 22 rounds with each of the 11 teams playing 20 fixtures against each other home and away and two bye rounds.


2019 RFL League 1
The team finishing top will win automatic promotion to the 2020 Championship and be named league champions for 2019. The teams finishing second to sixth will meet in a series of play-off games culminating in the League 1 Play-Off Final. The winner of this match will also be promoted to the Championship for 2020.


2019 RFL League 1
During the season Coventry Bears were forced to move home fixtures away from Butts Park Arena due to work being undertaken on the pitch by the ground owners, Coventry R.F.C. Two other clubs also played home games at other venues due to pitch works; Doncaster played three games at Featherstone Rovers LD Nutrition Stadium in July and Workington Town played three games, also in July, at their original ground  Borough Park (now the home of soccer club Workington A.F.C. ).


2019 RFL League 1
The division was won by Whitehaven who secured the title and the automatic promotion place to the Championship with a 72–0 win over Coventry Bears in the last round of the regular season. Whitehaven were joined in the Championship for 2020 by Oldham who won the play-offs beating Newcastle Thunder 18–14 in the play-off final.


2019 RFL League 1, Teams
*capacity for rugby league games may differ from official stadium capacity.


2019 RFL League 1, Play-offs
The winners of the play-off final will join this season's champions of League 1, Whitehaven, in the Championship in 2020.


2019 RFL League 1 results
The fixture list for the 2019 season was issued on 25 November 2018. The regular season comprises 22 rounds with each of the eleven teams having 20 fixtures and 2 bye rounds.


2019 RFL League 1 results
All times are UK local time (UTC or UTC+1) on the relevant dates.


2019 RFL Women's Super League
The 2019 RFL Women's Super League known as the Betfred Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons was the third season of the Rugby League Women's Super League for female players in clubs affiliated to the Rugby Football League.


2019 RFL Women's Super League
The champions were Leeds Rhinos who beat Castleford Tigers 20–12 in the Grand Final on 11 October 2019. Castleford Tigers won the league leaders shield, a 44–0 win over York City Knights in round 13 put them three points clear of nearest rivals, St Helens, with a round to spare.


2019 RFL Women's Super League
For 2019, the number of teams was expanded from seven to eight, with the addition of Wakefield Trinity to the league.


2019 RFL Women's Super League
The season comprised 14 rounds, with each team playing each other home and away, commencing on 7 April and ending on 29 September. Following the regular season, the top four teams played off against each other in two semi-finals, with the Grand Final played on Friday 11 October, at the Totally Wicked Stadium in St Helens and broadcast live on Sky Sports.


2019 RFL Women's Super League
On 15 August 2019 it was announced that Betfred would become the sponsors of the league with immediate effect in a deal that will run until the end of the 2021 season.


2019 RFL Women's Super League
The defending champions were Wigan Warriors, who beat League Leaders Shield winners Leeds Rhinos, 18–16 at the Grand Final at the Manchester Regional Arena. Wigan were eliminated from the play-offs after they lost 34–4 to Castleford Tigers in the semi-finals.


2019 RFL Women's Super League, Grand final
Leeds completed a league and cup double with 20–12 victory over Castleford in the Grand Final on 11 October 2019. In a game televised live on Sky Sports Castleford took an early advantage with two tries in the first five minute; the scorers being Maisie Lumb and Lacey Owen. Leeds pulled a try back through Hollie Dodd and these were the only points of the first half with the half-time score being 8–4 to Castleford.


2019 RFL Women's Super League, Grand final
In the second half, it was Leeds who proved to be the stronger side with three tries in close succession, two for 16-year old winger Fran Goldthorp and one for Elle Frain. Leeds captain Courtney Hill converted two of the tries to give Leeds a 20–8 lead. Kelsey Gentles did score a late try for Castleford to make the score 20–12 but it was too late for Castleford to catch up.


2019 ROXOR 200
The 2019 ROXOR 200 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on July 20, 2019, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 200 laps on the 1.058-mile (1.703 km) speedway, it was the 18th race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.


2019 ROXOR 200, Background, Track
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a 1.058-mile (1.703 km) oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as the longest-running motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) road course, which includes much of the oval.


2019 ROXOR 200, Background, Track
The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is currently one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.


2019 ROXOR 200, Practice, First practice
Christopher Bell was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.736 seconds and a speed of 128.087 mph (206.136 km/h).


2019 ROXOR 200, Practice, Final practice
Justin Haley was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.638 seconds and a speed of 128.511 mph (206.818 km/h).


2019 ROXOR 200, Qualifying
Cole Custer scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.180 seconds and a speed of 130.528 mph (210.064 km/h).


2019 ROXOR 200, Race, Summary
Cole Custer started on pole, but Christopher Bell overtook him before the first lap, causing Custer to ultimately not lead a single lap during the race. The first caution occurred on lap 33 when John Hunter Nemechek's car backed into the wall due to brake failure, causing heavy rear-end damage from which he couldn't recover. By the end of Stage 1, Tyler Reddick drove low under Brandon Jones in a desperate attempt to overtake him. They battled on the frontstretch, nearly allowing Bell to capture the win, but Jones managed to hang on and win the stage.


2019 ROXOR 200, Race, Summary
Stage 2 did not see any cautions, and Bell was able to win the stage ahead of Justin Allgaier. On lap 142, Noah Gragson spun and the caution was thrown for debris. The ensuing restart tightened the field, with Paul Menard and Harrison Burton racing each other particularly hard. On lap 155, Menard slammed Burton, who spun and made contact with the wall. Burton was not able to recover from the damage sustained. Menard stated after the race that Burton had ran into him twice earlier in the race and Menard was "voicing his displeasure". Bell pulled away and continued his dominating lead, eventually holding off Custer and winning the race.


2019 RS:X World Championships
The 2019 RS:X World Championships was held in Torbole, Italy from 22 September to 28 September, 2019.


2019 Race of Champions
The 2019 Race of Champions was the 30th running of the Race of Champions, and took place on 19–20 January 2019 at Foro Sol inside the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico. The competition saw local rally driver, Benito Guerra Jr. take the top spot in the individual category beating Loïc Duval in the final.


2019 Race of Champions
The Stadium Super Trucks held their 2018 season finale at the event, racing as a standalone series and fielding trucks for ROC competitors. Like ROC, SST used a head-to-head knockout system in which two drivers competed against each other, with the winner advancing to the next round; should a driver lose in the first two rounds, they may proceed if they were the fastest of the defeated drivers as the "Fastest Loser". After three rounds, the final two drivers competed in the final round. Robby Gordon and Matthew Brabham won the weekend's two SST races, the latter also clinching the championship.


2019 Radio Disney Music Awards
The 2019 Radio Disney Music Awards (rebranded as ARDYs: A Radio Disney Music Celebration) were held on June 16, 2019, in Los Angeles, California at the CBS Studio Center. It was broadcast on Disney Channel, DisneyNow and VTV3 at 8:00 p.m. (EDT). The event was hosted by actress and singer Sofia Carson.


2019 Radio Disney Music Awards, Awards
Unlike previous years, there was no competitive categories for this year's show. However they were some special awards.


2019 Rafa Nadal Open Banc Sabadell
The 2019 Rafa Nadal Open Banc Sabadell was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Manacor, Spain between 26 August and 1 September 2019.


2019 Rafa Nadal Open Banc Sabadell, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Rafa Nadal Open Banc Sabadell, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:


2019 Rafa Nadal Open Banc Sabadell – Doubles
Ariel Behar and Enrique López Pérez were the defending champions but only López Pérez chose to defend his title, partnering Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. Davidovich Fokina and López Pérez retired in their first round match against Karol Drzewiecki and Szymon Walków.


2019 Rafa Nadal Open Banc Sabadell – Doubles
Sander Arends and David Pel won the title after defeating Drzewiecki and Walków 7–5, 6–4 in the final.


2019 Rafa Nadal Open Banc Sabadell – Singles
Bernard Tomic was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2019 Rafa Nadal Open Banc Sabadell – Singles
Former world No. 1 Andy Murray played at the tournament and he won his first singles match since hip surgery. In the third round, he lost to Matteo Viola.


2019 Rafa Nadal Open Banc Sabadell – Singles
Emil Ruusuvuori won the title after defeating Viola 6–0, 6–1 in the final.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season
The 2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on 14 January 2019, with the start of the Australian Open, and ended 24 November 2019 after Spain's victory at the conclusion of the Davis Cup Finals.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Brisbane International
Nadal was scheduled to play his first match of 2019 against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the 2019 Brisbane International, however he withdrew before the start of the tournament.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Australian Open
After retiring in the 2018 Australian Open QF to Marin Cilic, Nadal returned to the tournament as the 2nd seed. Although he was broken once during his first match against Australian James Duckworth, he had a strong showing, beating him in straight sets. He continued with his good form and had strong performances against his second and third round opponents, Aussies Matthew Ebden and Alex de Minaur. In the fourth round, Nadal faced former World No.4 Tomáš Berdych, who although was injured for the latter half of the 2018 season had a strong start to 2019.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Australian Open
Nadal, however, comfortably defeated Berdych in straight sets as well. In the QF, Nadal faced American Frances Tiafoe, who was making his first QF appearance in a Grand Slam event. Nadal was able to comfortably hold his service games, as well as break Tiafoe multiple times in a straight set victory. In the SF, Nadal faced Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, who made his first Grand Slam SF appearance. Nadal was victorious in straight sets, and made his way to his first Australian Open final since 2017. In the finals, Nadal lost in straight sets to Novak Djokovic. It was his first ever straight set loss in a grand slam final.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Mexican Open
Nadal participated in the Mexican Open for the first time since 2017, after withdrawing in 2018. He defeated Mischa Zverev of Germany in the first round in straight sets, but lost in three sets in the 2nd round to Nick Kyrgios despite having three match points.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Indian Wells Masters
In 2019 Nadal participated in the Indian Wells Masters for the first time since 2017. He had a bye in the first round, and then defeated Jared Donaldson and 25th seed Diego Schwartzman in straight sets to set up his 4th round match with Filip Krajinović. He also defeated Krajinović in straight sets, and made it to the quarter-finals for the first time since 2016. There he defeated 12th seed Karen Khachanov to book his first meeting since 2017 with Roger Federer, whom he lost to in this tournament in the 4th round in 2017. Unfortunately, due to a knee injury sustained during his QF match, Nadal was forced to withdraw from his match against Federer, ending his run at Indian Wells.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring clay court season, Monte-Carlo Masters
Nadal returned to competition at the Monte Carlo Masters, where he was the three-time defending champion. He scored dominant wins over Roberto Bautista Agut and Grigor Dimitrov to reach the quarterfinals, where he faced Guido Pella. Nadal defeated Pella in two sets to set up a semifinal encounter against Fabio Fognini. Fognini defeated Nadal in straight sets, ending his 18-match winning streak at the tournament.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring clay court season, Barcelona Open
Nadal's next event was at the Barcelona Open, where he was the three-time defending champion. After a bye in the first round, Nadal had a tough second round match against Leonardo Mayer, but ultimately prevailed in three sets. Nadal defeated Ferrer and Jan-Lennard Struff in straight sets to make it to the semifinals, where he was ousted by Dominic Thiem in two sets. The loss meant that the 2019 season was the first since 2004 in which Nadal failed to win a title in first four months of the year.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring clay court season, Madrid Open
Still seeking his first title of 2019, Nadal's next event was at Madrid. In the first round, he defeated Félix Auger-Aliassime of Canada in straight sets. Nadal then advanced to the quarterfinals, by defeating Frances Tiafoe. He beat Stan Wawrinka in the quarterfinal comfortably. But he lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinal in three sets. After the loss Nadal claimed that he was not worried about his form.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring clay court season, Italian Open
As the defending champion, Nadal came into Rome still seeking his first clay court title of the year. After a bye in the first round, in the second and third rounds, he defeated Jérémy Chardy and Nikoloz Basilashvili in straight sets. He faced Fernando Verdasco in the quarterfinals, a match which he comfortably won. Nadal earned his first top ten victory of 2019 by defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinals, in a rematch of the Madrid Open semifinal between them just one week before. In the final, he faced Novak Djokovic in their first meeting since the Australian Open. Nadal won the match in three sets, clinching his first title of 2019 and his 9th title in Rome.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring clay court season, French Open
In an attempt to win a record 12th title at Roland Garros, and defend his championship from last year, Nadal's next tournament is the French Open. His first two matches were against qualifiers Yannick Hanfmann and Yannick Maden, both of whom he defeated in straight sets. In the 3rd round, he defeated David Goffin in 4 sets, and in the 4th round Juan Ignacio Londero in straight sets. In the QF, he defeated Kei Nishikori in straight sets to set up a meeting with 3rd seed and long time rival Roger Federer.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring clay court season, French Open
The pair have met at the French Open 5 times, with Nadal winning all 5 matches. This was their 6th meeting at RG, and the first since 2011. Nadal took the victory in straight sets, and reached his 3rd consecutive final at Roland Garros. In the final, a rematch of last year's final with Dominic Thiem, Nadal was able to win his 18th GS title, and his 12th at Roland Garros with a victory in 4 sets.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Grass court season, Wimbledon
Nadal returned to Wimbledon in an attempt to win his 3rd Wimbledon title, after a SF appearance in 2018. In the first round, he defeated Yūichi Sugita in straight sets, to set up a well anticipated 2nd round encounter with Nick Kyrgios. Kyrgios, as a teenager in 2014 had defeated Nadal at Wimbledon in the 4R, and this will be their first encounter since on the grass court. Nadal defeated Kyrgios in 4 sets, setting up a meeting with former World No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Nadal defeated Tsonga, João Sousa, and Sam Querrey in straight sets to set up a SF encounter with Roger Federer. This was their first meeting at the All England Club since the 2008 final. This time, Federer prevailed in 4 close sets and proceeded to his 12th Wimbledon final.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, North American hard court season, Canadian Open
Nadal's first tournament in the North American hard court season was the Canadian Open in Montréal, where he opted to defend his title from 2018, and win a 5th overall title at the tournament. After receiving a bye in the first round, he defeated Dan Evans and Guido Pella in the second and third rounds to reach the QF. His QF matchup was against Fabio Fognini. Fognini took the first set, but Nadal took the next two easily to win the match in three sets to make his 7th SF in Canada.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, North American hard court season, Canadian Open
In the SF, he was due face Gaël Monfils, but unfortunately Monfils had to withdraw out of the match due an injury, allowing Nadal to advance to a second consecutive Rogers Cup final, where he faced Daniil Medvedev. He was able to defeat Medvedev in two quick sets to claim his 5th title in Canada. Nadal also defended a title off clay for the first time in his career, and also won a record 35th Masters 1000 title.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, North American hard court season, US Open
Having not played Cincinnati after his victory in Canada, Nadal's next tournament was the 2019 US Open, where he was seeded 2nd. Nadal's first match was against John Millman, which he won in straight sets. He was due to play Thanasi Kokkinakis in the 2nd round, but due to injury, Kokkinakis retired before the start of the match. Nadal went on to play Chung Hyeon in the 3rd round, who he defeated in straight sets, and Marin Čilić in the 4th round, whom he defeated in 4 sets.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, North American hard court season, US Open
In the QF, he defeated Diego Schwartzman in straight sets, to set up a SF meeting with first time major semifinalist Matteo Berrettini. Nadal beat Berrettini 7–6(8–6), 6–4, 6–1 to reach his 5th US Open final, where he had a rematch of thee Montréal final with Daniil Medvedev. Nadal won in 5 sets after having a 2 set lead; and with this victory, won his 4th US Open and 19th Grand Slam title.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European indoor hard court season, Paris Masters
Having not played since the US Open as he missed the Asian swing due to his wedding, Nadal will next play the Paris Masters. He defeated Adrian Mannarino, Stan Wawrinka, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets to reach the Semi-Finals. However, due to an abdominal injury, Nadal was forced to withdraw from his match against Denis Shapovalov.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European indoor hard court season, Paris Masters
After the conclusion of the Paris Masters, Nadal regained the World No. 1 position for the first time in 2019.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European indoor hard court season, ATP Finals
Nadal will be playing the ATP Finals, although he suffered an abdominal injury during the Paris Masters. He was placed in Group Andre Agassi for the Round Robin stage, along with Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European indoor hard court season, ATP Finals
Nadal lost his first Round Robin match against Zverev in straight sets, the Spaniard not being able to respond to the serving performance of the German. In the next match against Medvedev, Nadal lost the first set in a tiebreak but was able to win the second set to bring the match to a deciding set. After going down 5–1 in the third set with defeat imminent, Nadal went on to break Medvedev twice to bring the match to a tiebreak, where he was able to win his first match at the ATP Finals since 2015.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European indoor hard court season, ATP Finals
After the defeat of Novak Djokovic by Roger Federer in the round-robin, Nadal claimed his 5th year-end no.1 and became the first man to be No.1 in 3 different decades. Concurrently, he became the oldest year-end no.1 and set the record for the longest gap between first and last year-end no.1's.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European indoor hard court season, ATP Finals
Nadal defeated Tsitsipas in 3 sets in his final round-robin match, but unfortunately, due to Medvedev's loss against Zverev, he will not proceed to the Semi-Finals.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European indoor hard court season, Davis Cup Finals
Nadal's final tournament of the year was the Davis Cup, which was held in its new format in Madrid. In his first match for Spain, he played in the round robin against Russia, where he defeated Karen Khachanov in straight sets.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European indoor hard court season, Davis Cup Finals
In his next match, he played Croatian Borna Gojo, whom he also defeated in straight sets. Nadal also played in the doubles match against Croatia, partnered with compatriot Marcel Granollers. The pair won the doubles match in straight sets against Ivan Dodig and Mate Pavić.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European indoor hard court season, Davis Cup Finals
In the quarterfinal, Spain played Argentina, and Nadal's next match was against Argentine Diego Schwartzman, whom he defeated in straight sets. In the doubles, he won in 3 sets against Leonardo Mayer and Máximo González alongside Granollers. This resulted in Spain moving forward onto the semifinals against Great Britain. In singles, Nadal defeated Dan Evans in straight sets. In doubles, Nadal partnered with Feliciano Lopez and won against Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski in straight sets, leading Spain to the Davis Cup final for the first time since 2012.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European indoor hard court season, Davis Cup Finals
In the final, Spain's first match was played by Roberto Bautista Agut, against Félix Auger-Aliassime. Bautista Agut was able to defeat Alissame in straight sets, to set up an encounter between Denis Shapovalov and Nadal. Nadal won the match 6–3, 7–6(8–6) to lead Spain to a 6th Davis Cup victory. Nadal withstood both single and double matches, spending over 14 hours on court in 6 days. He was awarded the Davis Cup Most Valuable Player (MVP) trophy, after he won 8 of the 8 matches he participated in.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, All matches
This table chronicles all the matches of Rafael Nadal in 2019.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Yearly records, Head-to-head matchups
Rafael Nadal has a 58–7 (89.2%) ATP match win-loss record in the 2019 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP Rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings is 10–5 (66.7%). Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at time of at least one meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins:


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Television
At the Barcelona Open, the semifinals match versus Dominic Thiem had an average 914,000 viewers and 8.2% share on La 1.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Television
At the Madrid Masters, the quarter-finals match versus Stanislas Wawrinka had an average 631,000 viewers, and the semifinals match versus Stefanos Tsitsipas had an average 912,000 viewers and 6.7% share, both on Teledeporte.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Television
At the French Open, the semifinals match versus Roger Federer had an average 676,000 viewers and 3.7% share on DMAX and Eurosport. The final match versus Dominic Thiem had an average 2,480,000 viewers and a 19.5% share, also on DMAX and Eurosport.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Television
At the US Open, the final match versus Daniil Medvedev averaged 575,000 viewers and a 6.1% share on Eurosport.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Television
At the Laver Cup, the singles match versus Milos Raonic averaged 462,000 viewers and a 4.6% share, and the doubles match with Stefanos Tsitsipas versus John Isner / Jack Sock averaged 297,000 viewers and a 2,2% share, both on Teledeporte.


2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Television
The Davis Cup final singles match versus Canada's Denis Shapovalov had an average 745,000 viewers and a 5.0% share on #Vamos.


2019 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season
The 2019 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season is the 13th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2019 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
The 2019 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was be the 46th edition of the Japan Open, and part of the ATP Tour 500 series of the 2019 ATP Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from September 30–October 6, 2019.


2019 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles
Ben McLachlan and Jan-Lennard Struff were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. McLachlan teamed up with Luke Bambridge, but lost in the first round to Divij Sharan and Artem Sitak. Struff played alongside Lucas Pouille, but lost in the semifinals to Nikola Mektić and Franko Škugor.


2019 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles
Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin won the title, defeating Mektić and Škugor in the final, 7–6(9–7), 6–4.


2019 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles
Daniil Medvedev was the defending champion, but chose not to defend his title.


2019 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles
Novak Djokovic won the title, defeating qualifier John Millman in the final, 6–3, 6–2.


2019 Raleigh mayoral election
The 2019 mayoral election in the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, was held on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Former City Council member Mary-Ann Baldwin placed first in the election, followed by attorney Charles Francis. Although Baldwin did not receive a majority of the vote, Francis declined to seek a runoff, leaving Baldwin elected as the city's next mayor.


2019 Raleigh mayoral election
Incumbent Mayor Nancy McFarlane, first elected for a two-year term in 2011 and re-elected in 2013, 2015, and 2017, was eligible to seek re-election, but announced that she would not seek a fifth term.


2019 Rally Argentina
The 2019 Rally Argentina (also known as the XION Rally Argentina 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars that held over four days between 25 and 28 April 2019. It marked the thirty-ninth running of Rally Argentina, and was the fifth round of the 2019 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class. The 2019 event was based in Villa Carlos Paz in Córdoba Province and consisted of eighteen special stages totalling 347.50 km (215.93 mi) competitive kilometres.


2019 Rally Argentina
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not participate in the event.


2019 Rally Argentina
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul won the rally for the second time in their career. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. The Citroën Total crew of Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen won the WRC-2 Pro category, finishing first in the combined WRC-2 category, while the crew of Pedro Heller and Marc Martí won the wider WRC-2 class. Østberg's win marked the first World Championship victory for the R5-spec Citroën C3.


2019 Rally Argentina, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul led the both drivers' and co-drivers' championships with a two-point ahead of six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia. Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were third, a further three points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT held a twelve-point lead over Citroën Total WRT.


2019 Rally Argentina, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 Pro standings, Łukasz Pieniążek and Kamil Heller held a twenty-two-point lead ahead of Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively. Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were third, four points further back. In the manufacturers' championship, M-Sport Ford WRT lead Škoda Motorsport by sixty-six points, with Citroën Total eleven points further behind in third.


2019 Rally Argentina, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson led the drivers' and co-drivers' standings by twelve points respectively. Nikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov were second, following by Yoann Bonato and Benjamin Boulloud in third.


2019 Rally Argentina, Background, Entry list
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, WRC-2 Pro and privateer entries not registered to score points in any championship. A total of twenty-seven entries were received, with ten crews entered with World Rally Cars and nine entered the World Rally Championship-2. Three crews were nominated to score points in the Pro class.


2019 Rally Argentina, Background, Route
No major changes are made to the route this year apart from some slight length-reductions to selected stages.


2019 Rally Argentina, Report, World Rally Cars
Normally, the road cleaner has to endure the insufficient grip, but this year in Argentina was different — persistent rain over the previous forty-eight hours meant the road was muddy and difficult to drive through for the crews who started down the road order. As a result, championship leader Thierry Neuville grabbed the lead as defending rally winner Ott Tänak lost valuable time with a broken drive shaft. The only casualty of the day was Esapekka Lappi, who was crashed out in the final stage of Friday and forced to retire from the rally.


2019 Rally Argentina, Report, World Rally Cars
Coming to the second leg, the battle for the victory was extremely intense until Tänak stopped his Yaris due to an alternator failure in the afternoon loop. Another casualty of the leg was Elfyn Evans, who rolled his Fiesta heavily after smashed a huge rock. As a result, the Welshman was forced to retire from the weekend. Defending world champion Sébastien Ogier lost power steering in the morning loop, while Kris Meeke lost his brakes. Following the drivers ahead suffered issues, Andreas Mikkelsen charged himself to second overall after the oil-leak issue fixed. Eventually, the Hyundai duos managed to bring their team a 1-2 finish. Ogier completed the podium as Meeke receive a ten-second penalty for deviating from the correct route in Saturday morning's speed test.


2019 Rally Argentina, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro
Mads Østberg comfortably led the rally despite a puncture, over four minutes ahead of eighteen-year-old driver Marco Bulacia Wilkinson, who won all three afternoon stages. Gus Greensmith failed to complete the first leg with a broken front suspension. In the end, Østberg comfortably won his second victory of the season, following by Greensmith, who re-join the rally on Saturday. Bulacia Wilkinson rolled his Fabia at the opening stage, which forced to retire from the rally in leg two.


2019 Rally Argentina, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Rally Argentina, Report, World Rally Championship-2
The first leg produced four different leaders in progress. Takamoto Katsuta was the first leader, but a puncture and broken wheel rim deposited his Fiesta into a ditch; Kajetan Kajetanowicz was the second leader, but he broke his rear suspension after landing heavily over a jump; Alberto Heller was the third leader, but he stopped in the penultimate test when his Fiesta's engine auxiliary belt broke. Eventually, the fourth leader Pedro Heller topped the category by almost six minutes after a day of attrition. Having a trouble-free Saturday, Pedro took the victory after overcame a big scare that the car stopped less than one kilometer from the finish of the iconic El Condór special stage.


2019 Rally Argentina, Report, World Rally Championship-2, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Rally Australia
The 2019 Rally Australia (also known as Kennards Hire Rally Australia 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to be held over four days between 14 and 17 November 2019. The event was cancelled because of an ongoing bushfire emergency in the area. The event was to mark the twenty-eighth running of Rally Australia and was the final round of the 2019 World Rally Championship, WRC-2 Pro class and World Rally Championship-2. The 2019 event would have been based in Coffs Harbour in New South Wales, and contested over twenty-five special stages with a total a competitive distance of 324.53 km (201.65 mi). Rally Australia will not be featured in the 2020 championship.


2019 Rally Australia
Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Alberto Heller and José Diaz were the defending rally winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but did not participate in the event.


2019 Rally Australia
As a result of the rally's cancellation, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT became the manufacturers' champions, while Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais won the divers' and co-drivers' titles respectively in the WRC-2 class.


2019 Rally Australia, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
Newly-crowned champions Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja led the both drivers' and co-drivers' championships with a thirty-six-point ahead of Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul. Defending world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were third, a further ten points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT held an eighteen-point lead over Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.


2019 Rally Australia, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 Pro standings, newly-crowned champions Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen led by sixty-one points in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively. Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were second, with Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson further eight points behind in third. In the manufacturers' championship, manufacturers' champion Škoda Motorsport led M-Sport Ford WRT by seventy-four points, with Citroën Total over a hundred points behind in third.


2019 Rally Australia, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais led the drivers' and co-drivers' standings by three points respectively. Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak were second, while Benito Guerra were third in the drivers' standings and Yaroslav Fedorov in the co-drivers' standings.


2019 Rally Australia, Background, Entry list
The following crews were due to entered into the rally. The event was scheduled to open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, WRC-2 Pro and privateer entries not registered to score points in any championship. A total of twenty-six entries were received, with twelve crews were scheduled to enter with World Rally Cars and three were scheduled to enter the World Rally Championship-2. This was later reduced to eleven World Rally Cars when Citroën withdrew a planned entry for Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen.


2019 Rally Australia, Background, Route
Only five stages from the 2018 event were scheduled to return to the 2019 itinerary. Two of these were due to run in opposite direction to the 2018 rally.


2019 Rally Australia, Background, Bushfire emergency
In the week before the rally, the New South Wales Mid North Coast region was devastated by unprecedented bushfires. Organisers of the rally announced plans to run the event over a shortened route if conditions deteriorated further, while organisers of the Australian Rally Championship — of which Rally Australia was planned to be the final round — cancelled the series' involvement in the rally. A revised itinerary featuring 90 km (55.9 mi) of competitive stages was submitted to the FIA for approval. However, the rally was cancelled eventually.


2019 Rally Catalunya
The 2019 Rally Catalunya (also known as RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars which was held over four days between 24 and 27 October 2019. It marks the fifty-fifth running of Rally Catalunya and is the thirteenth round of the 2019 World Rally Championship, the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class, World Rally Championship-2, the Spanish national Rally Championship and Peugeot Rally Cup Ibérica championship. The 2019 event is based in Salou in Tarragona, and is contested over seventeen special stages with a total a competitive distance of 325.56 km (202.29 mi).


2019 Rally Catalunya
Nine-time world champions Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena were the defending rally winners. Citroën Total WRT, the team they drove for in 2018, were the defending manufacturers' winners. The Finnish crew of Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending rally winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not defend their titles as they were promoted to the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class.


2019 Rally Catalunya
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul won the rally for the first time in their career. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. The Citroën Total crew of Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen won the WRC-2 Pro category, finishing first in the combined WRC-2 category, while the French crew of Eric Camilli and Benjamin Veillas won the wider WRC-2 class.


2019 Rally Catalunya
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja finished second overall as well as taking the power stage victory, which is enough for them to seal their maiden World Rally Championship titles. This makes Tänak the first non-French driver to be World Rally Champion since Petter Solberg won the 2003 World Rally Championship title, ending a run of 5,831 days in which a Sébastien was the current champion. With a 2-3 finish in the Pro category, Škoda Motorsport took the first World Rally Championship-2 Pro manufacturers’ title.


2019 Rally Catalunya, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja led the both drivers' and co-drivers' championships with a twenty-eight-point ahead of defending world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were third, a further thirteen points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT held an eight-point lead over Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.


2019 Rally Catalunya, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 Pro standings, newly-crowned champions Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen led by sixty-six points in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively. Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson are second, with Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen further five points behind in third. In the manufacturers' championship, Škoda Motorsport led M-Sport Ford WRT by fifty-three points, with Citroën Total over a hundred points behind in third.


2019 Rally Catalunya, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais led the drivers' and co-drivers' standings by six and eight points respectively. Benito Guerra and Maciej Szczepaniak were second, while Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Yaroslav Fedorov were third.


2019 Rally Catalunya, Background, Entry list
The following crews entered into the rally. The event opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, WRC-2 Pro, Spanish national Rally Championship, Peugeot Rally Cup Ibérica championship and privateer entries not registered to score points in any championship. A total of sixty-four entries were received, with eleven crews entered with World Rally Cars and twenty-four entered the World Rally Championship-2. Four crews were nominated to score points in the Pro class.


2019 Rally Catalunya, Background, Route
The La Mussara stage is scheduled to return to the itinerary for the first time since 2014 and due to run as the Power stage on Sunday.


2019 Rally Catalunya, Background, Route, Itinerary
All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2) from 24 to 26 October 2019 and CET (UTC+1) on 27 October 2019.


2019 Rally Catalunya, Report, World Rally Cars
It was a devastating blow for the reigning world champion Sébastien Ogier's title hope. After setting the fastest stage time at the opening stage, the Frenchman's C3 was crawling through the rest of the morning loop due to power steering failure and loss of hydraulics, which lost the six-time world champion nearly three minutes. Citroën's rally went from bad to worse as Esapekka Lappi retired from the rally with engine issues in the afternoon loop.


2019 Rally Catalunya, Report, World Rally Cars
Hyundai ended the first leg in 1-2-3 after all three drivers set impressive times, until Kris Meeke broke the monopoly after the first stage of the second leg. However, his position was short-lived as the Briton understeer into the barrier and retired from the day. Despite Meeke's retirement, the Korean squad's 1-2-3 was still under threat from the title-chasing Ott Tänak, who won four stages on Saturday. The championship leader was flying through the power stage and snatched second from local hero Dani Sordo to seal his maiden WRC title. Thierry Neuville eventually won the rally for the first time in Spain.


2019 Rally Catalunya, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro
Mads Østberg dominated Friday with an over-40-second lead going into Saturday. However, the Norwegian's lead was under a big threat from the freshly-crowned WRC-2 Pro champion Kalle Rovanperä, until the youngster hit a post in the Salou stage and damaged the rear axle on his Fabia R5. That left Østberg comfortable to win the category.


2019 Rally Catalunya, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Rally Catalunya, Report, World Rally Championship-2
Nil Solans took an early lead, but a double puncture dropped the local hero over eight minutes. Championship leader Pierre-Louis Loubet edged Eric Camilli by only 1.5 seconds after Friday, but Camilli surpassed Loubet and built a comfortable lead before the day ended. Championship contender Benito Guerra retired from the rally due to mechanical issues.


2019 Rally Catalunya, Report, World Rally Championship-2
On Sunday, Loubet went off the road and beached his Fabia, which dropped him to fifth. Althrough the Frenchman still remained on top, but his lead was down to just three points. Camilli won the class in the end to give C3 R5 an 1-2 finish in the combined R5 class with Østberg.


2019 Rally Catalunya, Report, World Rally Championship-2, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Rally Chile
The 2019 Rally Chile (also known as the Copec Rally Chile 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 9 and 12 May 2019. It marked the first running of Rally Chile, and was the sixth round of the 2019 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class. The 2019 event was based in Talcahuano of Concepción Province in Bío Bío Region and consists of sixteen special stages totalling 304.81 km (189.40 mi) competitive kilometres.


2019 Rally Chile
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja won the first edition of Rally Chile. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. The Škoda Motorsport crew of Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen took the victory in the WRC-2 Pro category, finishing first in the combined WRC-2 category, while Takamoto Katsuta and Daniel Barritt won the wider WRC-2 class.


2019 Rally Chile, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul led the both drivers' and co-drivers' championships with a ten-point ahead of six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia. Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were third, a further eighteen points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT held a thirty-seven-point lead over Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.


2019 Rally Chile, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 Pro standings, Łukasz Pieniążek and Kamil Heller held a four-point lead ahead of Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively. Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were third, eight points further back. In the manufacturers' championship, M-Sport Ford WRT led Citroën Total by seventy points, with Škoda Motorsport fourteen points further behind in third.


2019 Rally Chile, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Benito Guerra and Jaime Zapata led the drivers' and co-drivers' standings by three points respectively. Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson were second, following by Nikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov in third.


2019 Rally Chile, Background, Entry list
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, WRC-2 Pro and privateer entries not registered to score points in any championship. A total of sixty-three entries were received, with eleven crews entered with World Rally Cars and twenty-three entered the World Rally Championship-2. Four crews were nominated to score points in the Pro class.


2019 Rally Chile, Background, Route
Chile has never previously hosted its own WRC round, so every stage is brand new.


2019 Rally Chile, Report, World Rally Cars
The second stage of the brand new event was interrupted due to the safety reason, which affected Thierry Neuville, who was first on the road. As a result, the Belgian was awarded a notional time. In the afternoon loop, Ott Tänak stormed away and held a 22.4-second lead into Saturday.